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Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

awwutoz F. B. GOODALE.

ADJUSIABLE VISE 0R PRESS.

PPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. l9l9.

FHANKB. GOOD/[LE WWI two I altozmuao FRANK B. GOODALE, 01E IOLA, KANSAS.

ADJUSTABLE VISE OR PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Application filed June 3, 1919. Serial No. 301,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. GOODALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iola, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Vise or Press, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable vises or presses, the object of the' invention being to provide a device of this character which may be set up horizontally anywhere for the accommodation of a shaft or rod of any length and used to drive tightly shrunken wheels or gears from such shafts without injury to the wheel or shaft.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character set forth which is light in weight and may be easily transported from place to place, comparatively simple in construction and highly efficient in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, broken away, of the device;

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,' looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The same characters of reference designate the same parts in the different figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates a pair of rods threaded at opposite ends thereof for a considerable portion of their length, as shown at 3 and 4 respectively. These rods may be of any desired length. A block or head 5 is mounted at the rear ends of the rods, the head being provided with threaded openings with which the threaded portions of the rods cooperate, a pair of nuts 6, one at each side of the head, being threaded on each of the rods and adapted to maintain the head at any position along the threaded portion of the rods where it may be set. The head is also provided with a central transverse opening 7 ifor permitting the passage of a rod or shaft to be operated on.

At the forward ends of the rods 2, a second head 8 is provided, which is secured in place on said rods in substantially the same manner as the head 5, by means of nuts 9. The head 8 is provided with an elongated threaded central bearing portion 10 adapted to receive and cooperate with a screw shaft 11, which is provided with a handle 12 for manually rotating the same.

Mounted on the rods 2 and adapted for sliding movement thereon in advance of the end of the screw shaft 11 are a pair of removable jaws 13 and 14, each having a flat side, which may be roughened if desired, to provide a better gripping surface, and the opposite side having formed thereon a pair of lugs 15 forming a curved channel adapted to engage articles of large size and cylindrical or curved formation. The jaws 13 and 14 are provided with a pair of recesses 16 opening at their undersides, whereby they may be removably seated on the rods 2, a nut 17 being secured on each of the rods to limit the movement of the jaws in one direction. The jaw 14 is provided with a central transverse opening in axial alinement with the shaft 11, similar to that formed in the block 5 and for the same purpose, while the jaw 13 is left solid at the center thereof.

One of the principal advantages of the device described is that rods or shafts of considerable length may be placed in horizontal position to be operated on. For instance, in case it is desired to remove a tight wheel or gear from a shaft, the end of the shaft is passed through the openings in the jaw 14 and the block 5, with the wheel that is to be removed at the side of the jaw facing the screw shaft 11. The jaw 13 is then removed from the rods and the shaft 11 screwed into contact with the end of the shaft from which the wheel is to be forced. By continuing the rotation of the shaft 11 after the jaw 14 is in contact with the nuts 17 the shaft being operated on is gradually 'forced out of the wheel. On the other hand, the device may be used as an ordinary vise, by using the jaws 13 and 14 in the relation shown in Fig. 1, the pressure of the screw shaft being exerted on the jaw 13. Again, when the vise is to be used for holding a cylindrical-shaped object, such for instance as a motor piston, the jaws 13, 14 are merely reversed, so that the sides carrying the lugs are in juxtaposition, whereby the object will be securely held by the jaws.

While I have describedin detail the structure herein illustrated, it is to be understood that I do not thereby-limit-my invention to the precise features of construction shown, as I am aware that many mechanical changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionias set. forth in the claim hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

f In an adjustable vise, elongatedvparallel rods having threaded portions, heads positioned adjacentzthe ends of the rods, each offthe heads having .a. central opening,i.and lateral openings the central openingfof one of the vheads being threaded, said lateral openings adapted to receive the threaded Copies of thisipatent, may be obtained for five :cents each,\pyiaddressing the ,Commis'sioner of, Patents, r

portions of the parallel rods, cooperating jaws having slots positioned over the parallelrods, adjacent one of the heads, the central opening in the head adjacent the opposite'en'd of'the parallel rods adapted to re ceive a rod or shaft to be operated on for holding the same against displacement, and

Witnesses J- o. F. GOSHR'N, C. 2W. TADA-Ms.

Washington, D. G.

.FRANicneooD LE. 

